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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-1785-1 Moderate: Poppler DoS Threat

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Applications using poppler could be made to crash or possibly run programs as your login if they opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1785-1
April 02, 2013

poppler vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

Applications using poppler could be made to crash or possibly run programs
as your login if they opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when
parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user
invoking the program.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libpoppler-glib8                0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2
  libpoppler28                    0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libpoppler-glib8                0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1
  libpoppler19                    0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
  libpoppler-glib6                0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1
  libpoppler13                    0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libpoppler-glib4                0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3
  libpoppler5                     0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  libpoppler-glib2                0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6
  libpoppler2                     0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1785-1
  CVE-2013-1788, CVE-2013-1789, CVE-2013-1790

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6


Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-1785-1 Moderate: Poppler DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey April 2, 2013
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1785-1 outlines vulnerabilities in poppler that may result in application crashes and unauthorized access to login credentials.
Applications using poppler could be made to crash or possibly run programs as your login if they opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: libpoppler-glib8 0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2 libpoppler28 0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libpoppler-glib8 0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1 libpoppler19 0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 11.10: libpoppler-glib6 0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1 libpoppler13 0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libpoppler-glib4 0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3 libpoppler5 0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libpoppler-glib2 0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6 libpoppler2 0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1785-1

CVE-2013-1788, CVE-2013-1789, CVE-2013-1790

April 02, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.6.4-1ubuntu3.6

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